Posts tagged Movies
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Sandra Bullock once played a loveable NIMBY on the silver screen
You usually don't expect to have your urbanist beliefs challenged while watching a romantic comedy from 2002. But the film Two Weeks Notice, starring Sandra Bullock as a lawyer fighting a new development in New York City, has a lot to say about how much compromise and coalition building matter to a place's progress. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Movies and more
Take an evening to relax and enjoy a documentary (or two)! The Summer in the City film series kicks off tomorrow with an illuminating look at public housing in America in the 1950s and 60s. If movies aren’t your thing, RSVP for a reception to honor 50 years of the Urban Mass Transit Act. Pruitt-Igoe on the big screen: Watch the tale of the infamous St. Louis public housing… Keep reading…